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BattleCorps
BattleCorps




BETRAYAL
OF IDEALS
Book I: Foundations of Fate



Blaine Lee Pardoe
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The Great Hall
Strana Mechty
Clan Space
12 June 2822

Khan Sarah McEvedy walked around the construction site, care-
fully eyeing the work in progress. The Great HallтАЩs cornerstone
had been laid long ago, but progress had been slow, not due to
motivation or desire, but in the detail of the craftsmanship. The
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stones for this structure, the seat of government for the Clans, were
carved individually by hand on each one of the Pentagon worlds,
then shipped to Strana Mechty. An equal number of stones from
each world were to be employed in the grand structure. As she
watched the stonemasons work, she wondered if she would ever
see the completion of the structure.
As a team of men hoisted a block of marble up with a block and
tackle, she surveyed the form of the building. Yes, it was to be a
wondrous hall, a monument to the Clans and Nicholas Kerensky,
the ilKhan, but at the same time it was to appear austere and even
plain. How they would ever balance that mix was beyond her.
She chuckled to herself. If nothing else, it was a monument to
the Clans themselves. The constant struggle to mix the ways of
the past and the ways of NicholasтАЩs vision of the futureтАжa vision
that seemed to constantly evolve and change. Andery understood
that.
Adjusting her uniform jacket against the chill of the evening air,
she watched the workers struggle with the block, fighting not only
it but the pull of gravity, the twists of the rope, and their own mus-
cles. Yes, this was a fitting image of the Clans, at least in the last
few months. There had always been an underlying tension among